A nice overview of Jason's participation in the recent IronMan cruise. Excited to see what these samples tell us. artsci.utk.edu/ut-graduate-...

Lake Erie was 3.7C but full of diatoms...... A good day sampling with @zepernickbn.bsky.social and Professor McKay

Share as widely as possible. www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/center...

Nice press for our collaborators on the recent paper they led. (with more to come 😀). @sullivan-lab.bsky.social @joshuasweitz.bsky.social news.osu.edu/getting-a-gl...

Kudos to @jdebruyn.bsky.social, 2025. AAAS fellow! So well earned! www.aaas.org/page/2025-fe...

We're hiring an Assistant Professor of Ecology! Come and join me and a great group of colleagues at University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Our job ad: efhc.fa.ca2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... Message me if you have questions. @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social @uwindsor.bsky.social

A good read on a large virus... Extensive array of endogenous giant viral elements in a polar alga shows dynamic transcriptional response to abiotic stress: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...

I was so lucky to meet and work with Markus then. The Suttle Lab was a special place and I owe so much of my success to that team and those collaborations, and especially Markus. Markus will be so gravely missed.

Bermuda Atlantic Time Series surface waters contain thousands of viral populations with diel rhythms, forming “archetypes” that vary in abundance patterns, predicted hosts, taxonomy, and gene functions @sullivan-lab.bsky.social @joshuasweitz.bsky.social dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

Lab alum now Assistant Professor @eechase.bsky.social talking cyanobacteria, water quality and Lake Winnipeg on the CBC. www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9...

Eutrophic Lake Restoration Requires Multidimensional Approaches to Stressor Management | Environmental Science & Technology pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

Interesting interview with our colleague, GLIER director Mike McKay @uwindsor.bsky.social, about the Great Lakes and ice. 18 years ago, we started collaborating on this question and how ice in Lake Erie reshapes biology. Seems there is still work to do. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"Soil microbial gene expression over one year of human decomposition". Microbial activity shifted dramatically during human decomposition, altering gene expression tied to stress response, nutrient cycling, and fat breakdown. A collab with @jdebruyn.bsky.social lab. DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiaf126

Ocean viruses get a bad rap from land-based viruses. A new study shows that in the Atlantic’s Sargasso Sea area, viruses play a key part in help recycle nutrients that support the entire marine food chain.

Viruses transform microbes, populations, & ecosystems. In new work jointly led w/@tn-marine-micro.bsky.social + more, we find a link between enhanced viral infection and productivity 50 meters below the surface in the otherwise nutrient limited Sargasso Sea. a 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Excited to see @atruch.bsky.social publish his work on giant virus DNA methylation. Kratosvirus quantuckense shows diverse DNA methylation via six methyltransferases, shaping infection and genomic stability in this giant virus. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Nice paper on the other bloom in Lake Erie: diatoms. 👏 aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

What are harmful algal blooms? How do they affect our health? How should I report an exposure? Where can health care providers get more information on what to do? Our Great Lakes Center for Freshwaters and Human Health (NSF/NIH) provides answers with these two short informational videos 👇

Taihu metatranscriptomes reveal Microcystis colonies have "Black Queen"-like community dynamics and favor lysogeny, while single cells face more lytic pressure. From @utkmicrobiology.bsky.social with Xuhui Huang, @eechase.bsky.social, @zepernickbn.bsky.social and others. doi.org/10.1093/isme...

Research globally and act locally. Nice to see @zepernickbn.bsky.social @utkmicrobiology.bsky.social getting attention for collaborations with GLCFWHH researchers to address a local algal bloom. Just published in Harmful Algae. artsci.utk.edu/meads-quarry...

Special section of Journal of Great Lakes Research on Connecting Waters in the #GreatLakes. Open Access: includes a brief historical review of past efforts to focus on these critical areas and Summary of the 15 manuscripts that compose the Section. 🧪 doi.org/10.1016/j.jg...

What happens when an energetic postdoc (@zepernickbn.bsky.social) takes a class to a local quarry to learn to limnology? Science!! (and pets are protected). Nice work by Britt, team and colleagues from the Great Lakes Center for Fresh Waters & Human Health. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Seeking a three year postdoc in the field of ocean biogeochemistry and productivity using mechanistic models and synthesis of observations. Note the short fuse for applications. Please help distribute. All nationalities welcome to apply! 🌊 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG117/p...

New research indicates that Microcystis plasmids from lab strains and Lake Erie metatranscriptomes are transcriptionally active, ecologically relevant, and may have genetic overlap with phages. From Gwen Stark and colleagues.... academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

Still accepting applications for our plant-microbe person.

Well done Alfonso & team! High-frequency sampling of Bermuda Atlantic Time Series waters revealed depth and diel viral dynamics, providing insights into short-term virus-host interactions. @joshuasweitz.bsky.social @sullivan-lab.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Its graduate school application time! Positions come with guaranteed stipend, tuition and health care coverage.

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New: After a long wait, the GRFP solicitation is live! Deadlines have been extended to early November, so applicants have a bit over a month to submit. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

🧪The NSF has made changes to the GRFP solicitation and eligibility TODAY that may change your eligibility! PLEASE read through the solicitation if you were planning to apply and speak to your mentors about the merits of applying: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

It is that time of year again. The Department of Microbiology is accepting applications for its PhD and MSc programs. Come join us!

Come join us in Knoxville. Faculty position looking for those interested in the quantitative aspects of phototroph-microbe interactions.

Very excited for Alex Truchon and his defense today. Giant viruses, algal blooms, DNA methylation and more....

Microbiology and Immunology and the Michael Smith Labs are seeking candidates for an Assistant Professor of Teaching in STEM Public Engagement position. Learn more and apply at: www.msl.ubc.ca/careers/ #IndigenousinSTEM #BlackInNature #WomenInSTEM #MinoritiesInSTEM #DiversityInSTEM #STEMEducation

How long do the effects of a decomposing animal last? Nine years after decomposing a colony of beavers, aka beaverhenge, we revisit the scene to find out.

Do you love phage? I have an opening for a postdoc in my lab at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science (@cmarinescience.bsky.social) looking at interactions between marine phage and iron, which is an important limiting trace metal in the oceans (1/5) 🧵#phagesky 🦠🌊

Benthic cyanobacteria are overlooked in fresh waters yet their effects on system function (and ability to make toxins) should not be. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The DNA sequence of an organism is just the start of the story: @atruch.bsky.social digs into the methylation patterns and motifs in the genome of Kratosvirus quantuckense, a giant virus infecting the brown tide forming pelagophyte Aureococcus anophagefferens www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

OK. So you get a motivated postdoc @zepernickbn.bsky.social, who teaches a class of great graduate students, and then some support from the institution and a lot of great labs. Find yourself a nice pink algal bloom in the early spring and....science happens. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

🌟 Exciting news! We’re launching three fully-funded postdoc positions for "New Horizons for Synthetic Phages” Join us in tackling antimicrobial resistance with cutting-edge synthetic biology + AI bioinformatics. Based at Flinders Uni in vibrant Adelaide. 👇 Read on for details! #Phage

The first contribution from David Niknejad's thesis: a collaboration with UTIA and the Watershed Association of the Tellico Reservoir to start applying molecular tools to the Tellico Reservoir. Thanks to USC's @eric-a-webb.bsky.social for jumping in to help! journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

We are looking for a new @thembauk.bsky.social Anne Warner Research Fellow (5 year post) to develop an independent research group in the area of cell and molecular biology of marine organisms here in #Plymouth 🔬🦠🧫🧬 mymba.mba.ac.uk/job-listing....

This is a great opportunity to pursue a PhD in marine virology, at a wonderful location, and terrific supervisors. Not to mention that it includes opportunities to do part of the work at UBC.

Nice teaming up with our ORNL colleagues to pull together this story. Liz D and the gang examining virus diversity in Sphagnum. doi.org/10.1186/s407...

Many phytoplankton are affected by climate change via changes in temperature & pH, but to winter diatoms, it appears the issue is light. 🔗rebrand.ly/jsfhiow @zepernickbn.bsky.social @tn-marine-micro.bsky.social @eechase.bsky.social @utkmicrobiology.bsky.social @unc-emes.bsky.social

Congratulations to @jianhuaguo.bsky.social; @zepernickbn.bsky.social, R. Michael L. McKay, @tn-marine-micro.bsky.social; and Fabian Grein for their outstanding and impactful articles published in The ISME Journal. View the articles on isme-microbes.org/the-isme-jou... #MicrobialEcology #microbes

What happens when you do a deep-dive on a classic technique that returns strange results? You might find the technique does not work - at least in your system. 🤔 Kudos to Robbie, Lena et al. On mitomycin-c for inducing lysogens in a harmful cyanobacterial bloom. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Congrats to @ab-knox.bsky.social, Kurt Konhauser, and all the other news fellow of the AAAS! www.aaas.org/programs/fel...

Was happy to read Randall Brown's take on our work artsci.utk.edu/microbial-ma...

Nice to chat with NASA's Lindsey Doermann and GLIER's Mike McKay about this year's ice on Lake Erie and the great imagery that NASA provides scientists... earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15407...